Four Months Old!

Our baby girl is four months old!

At the four month mark our little Miss Natalie;

Has disovered her toes!

Is trying sooooo hard to roll over

LOVES her exer-saucer

Laughs out loud when we make funny faces

and so much more.

Here are some recent pics,

Exer-saucer-ing

Busted plotting schemes with birdie

Is this Tummy Time stuff really necessary?

More posts to come!

Happy Halloween!

Here are a couple of pics from Natalie's first Halloween! She had a great day, starting out with a visit to Dad's work, followed by a visit with the gals from SMART. Then the Abbotts came by for some tricks and treats and finally we topped off the night with a stop by Uncle Brian and Aunt Donna's for some Halloween treats.

Happy Hallween everyone!

Our Little Pumpkin

Halloween is almost here and since I'm a Halloween fanatic, I thought I'd take some pictures of our little pumpkin. Here she is at 15 weeks sporting her very first Halloween costume.

Miss Natalie Bean is doing great lately. She loves to smile and even gives us a few giggles. Lately her favorite toy is her playmat. And she's learning to grab and hold everything in sight. She's also become quite the drooler - we're pretty sure her first tooth is just around the corner!

Happy Halloween Everyone!

A lot can happen in six weeks...

I can't believe six weeks have come and gone so fast. And what a six weeks it's been - Natalie has done everything from travel 5000 kms to learn how to hold a toy (with a whole bunch more in between). Here are some highlights.

First off, on October 1st, our little monkey munch celebrated her third month of chillin on planet earth. If the smiles and goos are any indication she seems to like life.

Before her third month was finished Natalie and I travelled to Cape Breton for a little over two weeks to visit with family. She was a great little traveller and we had no problems at all. The trip was jam packed with walks at the beach and wildlife park, a super sweet baby shower and visits with tons of family and new friends.

In Cape Breton Miss Natalie hit a fun milestone - babbling. Our little babe started gabbing at us in September and hasn't stopped since. She really gets going when we mimic her sounds or talk with her. And the smiles are endless if we stick our toungues out at her, make piggy snorts or whistle. Back east Nanny Prince also helped her learn how to pull herself up from lying down to a sitting position - which she loves to do now.

In the past few weeks Natalie has also started to grab and hold toys (she loves her grab apple - thanks Liza and Nicole for introducing us to that fun toy), sit in her Bumbo chair and suck her hands. Man does she love to suck those hands - the smacking noises are hilarious (and loud).

Yesterday Natalie had her first set of shots and while she wasn't happy about it, she did very well - we're all happy it's over and done with.

So at the three-month mark life with our little Natalie Bean is going great - we're in love with her and we're pretty sure the feeling is mutual :) Here are some three-month Natalie stats to close off this post.

At three months Natalie:

Weighs 14.5 lbs and is a little over 61 cms long

Is still a baldy :)

Loves to play and sing with her Dad (she loves when he says ma, ma, ma or da, da, da)

Has discovered TV -I caught her actually watching Treehouse one day (usually I turn it on for background music and sound) but this day she actually watched and smiled at the characters.

Wendy, Dan and Natalie Bean

Natalie's first six weeks...

Well it's been over six weeks since our little Miss Natalie arrived and they've been amazing, wonderful and stressful all at once.

First off I want to say Thank You to everyone who sent cards,e-mails, Facebook notes and far too many beautiful gifts for our little girlie. We really appreciate your sweetness in welcoming Natalie into the world.


Now on to the Natalie news...

In the short time she's been here Natalie has had a ton of visitors who she manages to quickly charm with her big eyes and pleasant personality.

Two very special visitors were Natalie's Nanny and Auntie who came all the way from Cape Breton for a two week visit. We had a fantastic time. They took good care of us and managed to get us out of the house on our first few outside adventures. While they were here we went to the Sun and Salsa festival, hung out in Bragg Creek and even took a trip to Banff. I also managed to get caught up on my sleep which was nice :).

Here are some pictures of our little cutie pie from the past few weeks. Now that we're getting into our groove we'll be sure to add more pics and updates in the coming weeks.

Natalie hanging out with her favorite toy - Birdie. She loves the crinkly sound his wings make.

Snoozing on her change pad... that was her favorite daytime sleeping quarters for her first few weeks of life...

Mommy and Natalie hanging out...

The Prince gals in Bragg Creek enjoying one of the many lattes, espressos and caramel macchiatos we drank during our visit...

Miss Natalie chillin...

Natalie Stats @ six weeks:

Weight: 11.5 lbs

Hair Color: Blonde as blonde can be

Eye Color: Still blue, we'll see if that changes

Talents: Smiling at mommy and daddy, saying ahhh gooo and charming the world

Favorite pastimes: Doing webcasts with all the Capers and hanging out in her bouncy chair

Bye for now

Hello World!

Natalie Marie McMahon arrived July 1st at 2:49 p.m.

She weighed 7 lbs 4oz and was 19 inches long.

She's keeping mom and dad really busy - more pics to come soon!

Still waiting for the Bean...

Well we're two days from our due date and still no Bean.

I went to the doctor on Monday and Baby Bean looks to be ready to go and is still in the right position (very low). My doctor says it looks like it could be any day now - but we've heard that before. So we're playing the waiting game.

Luckily my nesting instinct is still going strong. I've been filling my days with cleaning, cooking, and baking - our freezer is stocked with casserols, cookies and more strawberry jam than two people will ever possibly eat. I'm starting to feel like I've been possessed by Martha Stewart.

The one thing keeping me sane is visits and chats with friends who are also on maternity leave. Thank heavens there are friends to chat with throughout the day. Today I went to my first ever Stars and Strollers movie with Julie and Maisee. It was super fun -Bean and I will definitely be taking in some movies - especially when the weather gets cold.

Other than that things are pretty quiet in the McMahon household. Although we get excited at every little pain - thinking it could be time. So far it's been nothing but false alarms.

Oh well Beaner will set things in motion when he or she is ready, until then... we wait.

PS Favorite food of the week - I'm still on the STRAWBERRY kick! Strawberry jam and tea biscuits are so tasty!